On 12/15/2015 1:19 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:08:21 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I would think that as a
card carrying AMA member you would welcome an attempt to control
irresponsible drone flying. The registration requirement is certainly
not a big inconvenience ... it can be done on-line. All it does really
is to raise some awareness in the owner's mind that there are rules and
regulations related to their use. Oh, and it also has some potentially
severe fines for not having it registered.

Here's a link to a FAQ regarding the new regulations. Covers the
subject quite well:

https://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/faqs/



A classic government boondoggle that will end up being very expensive
and not actually accomplish much.
The people who were going to be responsible with them in the first
place will remain responsible (for the most part) but the yahoos will
not.
Enforcement will be about as effective as the CB license was. It was
abandoned after a while ... as was the marine VHF license.



I don't know of any CB users who caused an airplane to crash.
I don't know of any marine VHF radio users who caused an airplane to
crash either.

Drones are a different issue. That potential exists.